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What's he do? Not that it matters, of course; he's friggin' cool enough to be made without any questions. Still, I gotta wonder what kinda person sticks around in Greyskull besides the Sorceress. Would be cool if he was some sorta magical armor to protect the castle 'er something. I think someone made something like that in the art section at one point...

Anyway, I'm all for it! He looks awesome! And hey, if people end up not liking him for what he is, I think he could pass for Skeletor's troopers from the movie.

Last edited by Alexx; August 25, 2011 at 07:24pm.

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You know at first i thought wow another villian but from which faction, snakemen with that scally suit or one of skeletors henchmen. Looking at the pic though im more on the side of he being an outcast hero. Maybe that would explain why he is at Grayskull and so obscure looking.

Looks like he has alerted He-man to some trouble as he is pointing downwards. He-man has no weapons so no desire to defend himself especially if someone has breached the walls of Grayskull.

Personally im all for new characters and remembering to an extent these characters have already been established in motu, classics is to bring all factions together so if the rights were ever held by Matty why not, i would really look forward to his bio.

What's he do? Not that it matters, of course; he's friggin' cool enough to be made without any questions. Still, I gotta wonder what kinda person sticks around in Greyskull besides the Scorceress.

He (although there's more than one) guards Greyskull. In Ladybird, Greyskull was populated with normal people & He-Man lived there.

Originally Posted by Mosquitor

the idea of guards within Castle Grayskull wearing those weird uniforms is cool. He may look like a robot but the book indicated he's a guard in armor, several other sentries wearing the same uniform appeared in the story 'Warlord of Eternia'

I like the idea of guards too. It seems to me that He-Man & the Sorceress are the only true guardians, with the Castle's other defenses being magical - so I'd expect these Sentinels to also be magical or robotic rather than human.

Originally Posted by lorde trooper

Looks like he has alerted He-man to some trouble as he is pointing downwards. He-man has no weapons so no desire to defend himself especially if someone has breached the walls of Grayskull.

Yes, in the story, he is helping He-Man. In later stories, the Sorceress was simply powerful enough to sense danger & didn't need these kinds of helpers.

Originally Posted by lorde trooper

Personally im all for new characters and remembering to an extent these characters have already been established in motu

Yep - if we're going to have obscure characters, this one is top of my list.

Last edited by Eternian Poet; May 26, 2011 at 10:14am.
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He looks cool but honestly I'd like to see the core characters released instead of these characters that appeared in one story or one panel of one story. I can understand wanting to flesh out the universe with more characters but to me I just see making these will push back or dilute the rate which we'll get core characters.

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this character vaguely reminds me of the air-centurions from the '87 movie ... and to be honest, i would rather see a figure of an air-centurion than a figure of this character, if either were possible ...

''He-Man lives and possesses that key, I must possess all or I possess nothing!'' (Skeletor, 1987)

this character vaguely reminds me of the air-centurions from the '87 movie ... and to be honest, i would rather see a figure of an air-centurion than a figure of this character, if either were possible ...

They could be both - after all, Skeletor had conquered Castle Greyskull in the 80s movie - so these handy Castle Sentinels would turn from working for the Sorceress to working for Skeletor!

Another cool image of the Sentinels - obviously they were able to leave Castle Greyskull:

Oh, that is so cool! I love the Stridor horses. I noticed that Randor's horse has one leg raised. I wonder if this was intentionally drawn by the artist to indicate that Randor may have been injured in battle? Very few artists use symbolism in art anymore.

Speaking of artwork...I still say that the "Sentinels" look like knock offs to something out of Star Wars. I would hate for that same thought to run across the mind of someone else and cause them to look at MOTU as just another Star Wars wannabe. He-Man is unique in its own way and should be celebrated as such.

Like anything, it is all subject to interpretation. The lack of unified story in MOTU certainly brings out various interpretations -some appear to borrow in a more blatant manner than others.

Oooo....I like that pic! They're wearing MAA leg armor, too. Man, though...I can't help but think of that as a perfect look for Skeletor's troopers from the movie. I would probably end up using them like that...

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I always loved the idea of Grayskull having its own warriors--I always imagined them to be enchanted armor that pre-He-Man Sorcerers and Sorceresses would call upon. As such, I would love to see Grayskull Sentinels in MOTUC.

That being said, for all of the references to Vad-Or and whatnot, I keep imagining G.I. Joe's Range Vipers when I see it...

While I am up for new characters in MOTUC, they are not at the top of my list. If there is going to be a guardian armor for Grayskull, first priority must go to the classic Grayskull space suit (see my avatar ).

As the design is kinda bland IMO, I would much rather see the 2nd series mini-comic design for the Palace Guards before these Sentinels.